Improvement in car-pushers



ATTORNEYS.

H. La. TOURETTE.

CAR-PUSHER.

N- PETERS. PHOTO-LHHOGRAPHER. WASNINIE'I'ONv D I.v

UNITED STATES HENRY LA TOURETTE, OF SHELLSBURG, IOWA.

IMPROVEMENT IN CAR-PUSHERS.

Specification forming partof Letters Patent No. 189,113, dated April 3,1877; application filed January 29, 1877.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY LA TOURETTE, of Shellsburg, in the county ofBenton and State of Iowa, have invented a new and useful Improvement inOar-Pushers, of which the following is a specification:

Figure l is a side view of my improved machine. Fig. 2 is a top view ofthe same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts. a

The object of this invention is to furnish an improved machine for theuse of shippers and others for moving cars upon side tracks.

The invention consists in the combination of the base-bar, the roller,the U -bar, the

lever, the shoe, the spring, the two rods, and

the two double cranks with each other, as hereinafter fully described.

A represents a bar of wood about eighteen inches long, to the oppositesides of the forward end of which are attached two plates, B. Theforward ends of the plates B project, and to and between them is pivoteda small roller, 0. D is a U-bar, which is curved edgewise, and the endsof which are pivoted to the journals of the roller 0. The ends of thebar D may project downward a little to serve as guards to keep theforward end of the machine upon the rail.

To and within the upper part of the U-bar D is pivoted the lever E,which is curved to one side, as shown in Fig. 2, so that it may beoperated from'the side of the track.

To the forward end of the lever E is pivoted a shoe, F, to fit upon thetread of the wheel. G is a spring attached to the lever E, the free endof which rests against the lower part of the shoe F to hold its lowerend forward in proper position to slip beneath the lower rear part ofthe wheel, when the machine is moved forward for another stroke.

To the ends of the pin or bolt that pivots the lever E to the U-bar Dare pivoted the forward ends of two rods, H, the rear ends of which arepivoted to the ends of the upper arms of the double cranks I. The doublecranks I are pivoted to plates attached to the upper and lower sides ofthe rear end of the bar A, and their lower arms project into suchpositions as to bear against the opposite sides of the rail, when theleverE is pressed downward, to prevent the machine from slipping backwhen pressure is applied to the carwheel. I

J- is an adjustable stop-bar attached to the bar A, to prevent thecranks I from being turned too far back when the lever E is raised. K isa rod, the rear end of which is attached to the bar A. The rod K passesthrough a keeper attached to the bar A, and has a hook formed upon itsforward end to be hooked into a vchain attached to the rear end of thecar to draw the machine forward after each impulse given to thecar-wheels. The shoe F is faced with leather to prevent it from slippingupon the car-wheels.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent The combination of the bar A, the roller 0, the U-barD, the lever E, the shoe F, the spring G, the rods H, and the doublecranks I, with each other, substantially as herein shown and described.

HENRY LA TOURETTE.

Witnesses:

RUssEL BOBNE, I. S. BoLEs.

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